Tie press



Dec. 29, 192 1,567,451

S. MOSSBACHER TIE PRESS Filed June 14, 1924 WZfRNZSQ Patented Dec. 29, 1925.

SOLOMON MOSSIBACI-IER, NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIE PRESS.

Application filed June 14, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON lilossnacnnu, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Tie Press, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to presses for neck ties, scarfsand the like and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient construction for the pressing of neckties, scarfs and era-vats of various ma terials and thicknesses in a thoroughly eiiicient and expeditious manner and through the employment of simple and economical mechanism.

In its preferred practical form, the invention embodies a pair of clamping jaws, preferably in the form of strips of wood of sufficient width and breadth to properly accommodate the necktie between them. The lower strip may be referred to as the stationary jaw and the upper strip the movable jaw. On the stationary jaw is mounted a pair of anchormembers which are positioned on the opposite edges of the jaw, extend in an upward direction and are slotted or perforated to provide vertically spaced shoulders adapted for cooperation with the clamping spring. The spring is supported on a suitable bracket mounted on the movable jaw and with said spring is associated a cam having an operating handle through the manipulation of which the spring may be placed under tension while in engagement with the perforations of the anchoring members for the purpose of yieldably forcing the movable jaw in the direction of the fixed jaw in order that a tie or scarf positioned therebetween may be pressed.

The device may be readily manipulated, is of simple and efficient construction and is found in practice to give very satisfactory results particularly in the over-night pressing of neckties and scarfs. An in1- portant feature of the invention resides in the fact that the tie press is so constructed that it is adapted to operate with equal efficiency on ties of different materials and thicknesses and it is thereby capable of use with ties of all kinds.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claim, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Serial No. 719,949.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view showing the tie press of the present invention with the parts in position to press a tie.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; and,

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 designate two strips of wood of substantially the same length and width and of these strips 1 constitutes the fixed jaw and 2 the movable jaw. To the opposite longitudinal edges of the fixed jaw are secured anchor plates 3 in any suitable manner as by screws 4. These plates extend upwardly to a point well above the upper face of the movable jaw and spaced vertically of said plates are a plurality of shoulders 5. These shoulders may be formed in various ways such for examples as by punching out holes or perforations in said plates although in practice I prefer to stamp the shoulder by forcing portions of the material inwardly as best shown in Figures l and 2, so that the inner faces of the plates along their medial line are substantially ratchet like.

The plates 3 are of resilient material, so that they constitute, in effect, leaf springs. The upper end of each plate is bent outwardly to form a laterally projecting lip 6 the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully explained.

Fixed on the movable jaw 1 by means of screws 7 is a bracket 8 provided with upturned lugs 9 which are vertically slotted as shown at 10 and extending downwardly between the lugs 9 and juxtaposed therewith are lugs 11 which depend from the lateral edges of the spring clamping strip 12. The lugs 11 are vertically slotted as shown at 13 and these slots are juxtaposed with reference to the slots 10 of the lugs 9.

l4. designates a cam positioned between the lugs 11 and 15 is a handle preferably formed from wire in the form of a loop with its free ends passed through the juxtaposed slots 10 and 13 and permanently secured to the cam 1a in any suitable manner as by welding, soldering or the like. The inturned ends of the handle constitute trunnious to properly position the cam and preelude it from shifting in a direction transversely of the tie press.

The opposite ends of the spring clamp 12 are shaped to cooperate with the shoulders of the anchor plates and the parts are so proportioned that after the tie has been placed upon the upper face of the fixed jaw l, the movable jaw may be positioned over said tie with the opposite ends of the clamping spring 12 in engagement with two oppositely positioned shoulders 5 of the anchor plates. lVhile thus positioning the parts, the cam and its handle are in the idle position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 and the spring clamp 12 is also in the neutral position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.

After the parts have been thus placed, the handle 15 is moved from the dotted line position of Figure 2 into the full line position of this figure so that the parts will partake of the position shown in Figure 1.

By thus shifting the handle 15, the cam is rotated to present a greater diameter to the under side of the spring clamp 12 and the upper face of the plate 8 and since the plate 8 is rigid, the cam will coact against the clamping spring 12 to flex said spring and place it under tension so that a downward pressure on the movable jaw 2 will result and the tie positioned between the fixed and movable aws will be placed under pressure. During this operation, the trunnions on which the cam is carried are capable of sliding adjustment in the slots and 13 and accordingly the force applied by the cam will be taken directly by the plate 8 and clamping spring 12 so that said trunnions will not be subjected to bending strains. In practice, the parts are left in the positions described until the tie has been pressed to the desired extent and it is found that by leaving the tie overnight in the press very satisfactory results are obtained.

During the initial positioning of the movable jaw in cooperation with a tie, the anchor plates 3 may be sprung apart in order to allow engagement of the opposite ends of the clamping spring with the appropriate shoulders 5 and when it is desired to remove the tie the movable jaw may be removed by first moving the handle 15 into the dotted line position of Figure 2 and then springing either one or both of the anchor plates'apart to release the clamping spring so that the movable jaw may be readily lifted off.

During the springing of the parts into ini tial position, the outwardly flared ends 6 of the anchor plates will guide the ends of the clamping spring into proper cooperation with the shoulders 5 and'when removing the parts, these upwardly flared ends provide convenient finger pieces whereby either one or both of the anchor plates may be forced in a direction away from one another.

The accompanying drawings show the preferred form of the present invention although I am aware that modification of details of construction may be made without departing from the invention which, broadly stated, consists in the utilization of fixed and movable jaws on the former of which are fixed suitable anchor plates having suitable shoulders and with which shoulders is adapted to cooperate a clampingspringassociated with the movable jaw and adapted to be placed under tension by cam means having a suitable operating handle. The present invention is therefore to be understood as not limited to the specific structure described, but in contra-distinction is as broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A tie press embodying fixed and movable jaws, resiliant anchor plates secured to the opposite edges of the fixed jaw and extending beyond the movable jaw and provided with shoulders, a clamping spring the opposite ends of which are adapted to engage with corresponding shoulders of the resiliant anchor plates, a cam positioned between the clamping spring and the upper face of the movable jaw, and adapted to normally permit engagement of the spring with the shoulders of the anchor plates while said springis free from tension, and a handle associated with the cam to rotate said cam and thereby place the spring under tension for the purpose of forcing the movable jaw in the direction of the fixed jaw, said anchor plates, by their inherent resiliency, serving to automatically compensate for the varying length of the spring when placed under tension and serving to thereby preclude inadvertent disengagement of the spring from the shoulders.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

SOLOMON MOSSBACHER. 

